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these I believe are scarcely sufficient to warrant the distinguishing of the Philippine 



plant as a distinct species. Gaulthcria honieensis Stapf, also originally described 

 from Mount Kinabalu specimens, and later reported from the Philippines by 

 Rendle," was also found near Pauai (479(> Merrill). 



SOPUBIA Ilaniilt. 



Sopubia trifida Hamilt. in 1). Don Prodr. Fl. Nepaul. (1802) 88; Hook. f. Fl. 



Brit, Ind. 4 (1884) 302; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10 (1846) 522 ; Forbes & 



Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Jiot. 26 (1890) 202. 



LUZON, Province of Benguet, Baguio (0518 Elmer) .Tune, 1904. On grassy 



hillsides in thin pine forests at an altitude of about 1,500 m. Flowers yellowish, 



the throat pink or purplish. 



Xo representative of the genus has previously been reported from the Philip- 

 pines, the above species extending from southern China to British India and 

 Ceylon. 



VANDELLIA Linn. 



Vandellia grandiflora Merrill sp. now 



An erect or spreading, simple or slightly branched, more or less hirsute 

 herb 10 cm. high or less, the calyx teeth 5, equal, less than half as long 

 as the calyx tube, the corolla about 12 mm. long. Branches, leaves, 

 petioles, pedicels, and calyces sparingly hirsute with scattered white hairs. 

 Leaves opposite, ovate to oblong-ovate, 0..~) to 1.5 cm. long, short petioled, 

 acute, the base obtuse, the margins usually coarsely serrate. Flowers 

 solitary, pediceled, axillary, the pedicels 1.5 to 2 cm. long. Calyx in 

 anthesis oblong, f> mm. long, not keeled or winged, reticulate, equally 

 o-toothed, the teeth lanceolate, acuminate, about 2.5 mm. long. Corolla 

 pale blue or purplish, the tube cylindrical, enlarged above, upper lip 

 broad, about 1 mm. long, cleft at the apex, the lower lip 6 to 7 mm. long, 

 3-lobed, the middle lobe the largest. Stamens I, the two posterior 

 included, the two anterior longer and prominently appendaged near the 

 base of the filaments. Ovary and style glabrous. Fruiting calyx about 

 8 mm. long, oblong, the teeth scarcely longer than in anthesis. Capsule 

 oblong, glabrous, tipped by the style, equaling or slightly shorter than (lie 

 calyx. Seeds many, flattened, ovate, about 0.5 mm. in diameter. 



Luzox, District of Lepanto, Mount Data (4572 Merrill) November 4, 190.1: 

 Province of Benguet, Baguio to Ambuklao (4359 Merrill) October 24. 1005; 

 Suyoc to Pauai (4735 Merrill) November 7. 1005. On dry open grassy slopes in 

 thin pine forests 1,600 to 2.000 m. 



BIGNONIAOE^E. 



NYCTICALOS Teysm. et Hinn. 



Nycticalos cuspidatum (Blume) Miq, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 3 (1867) 

 24fi, t. S. f. li. Tecoma eunpidala Blume, Rumphia 4 (LS4S) 35. 



Palawan, Puerto Princesa (254 Bermcjos) December. 1905. In forests; flowers 

 yellow. Celebes and the Moluccas. 



An undetermined species of this genus has previously been reported from Luzon 



■ Journ. Bot. ( 1896) 34, 355. 



